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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Feaster trading Jaybo and Iginal was pretty much this.
Not happening this year though unless things really go south. It can't possibly get that bad.
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Exactly. Unless the situation present itself it isn’t happening. But this isn’t a Calgary Flames issue it really is how most teams handle it. Most teams stumble into a rebuild and maybe keep it going but it usually starts with being a terrible team or having prolonged success and hitting a wall with age and the cap. Not because we are middle of the pack with a quality team.
Tampa got stamkos and hedman. But they made the playoffs in 06/07 and lost first round. They had 26 year old Lecavalier who had 52 goals and 108 points. They had 31 year old St. Louis with 102 points. They had Boyle Richards and so on. No chance that summer after losing in the first round did anyone suggest in the organization that they should dump St. Louis while we can get something for him. Dump Richards before his contract is up while he had big value so we can make a run at stamkos and hedman. That didn’t happen it wasn’t the plan it just happened for them. Maybe once they finished last did they embrace it the following year to get hedman and traded Richards. But it was not the plan until it happened
If the Flames can’t sign Johnny I wouldn’t be surprised if they clean house a bit. But the plan for now is to keep him.